HIV and AIDS: Testing, Screening, and Confidentiality (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780199243143)

Testing and screening for HIV and AIDS give rise to ethical, legal, and social issues of the most controversial and delicate kind. In this highly important book, an international team of eighteen doctors, philosophers, and lawyers present a fresh and thorough discussion of these issues. They not only aim to show the way to practical advances but also to provide an accessible guide to the debates for readers who have not been previously introduced to them. And they pay particular attention to the sensitive nature of the information yielded by a test for the HIV antibody. Together, the essays illuminate public policy and medical practice in connection with HIV and AIDS as well as broader issues about professional ethics and individual rights in other medical and social contexts.

Author: Rebecca Bennett
ISBN-10: 019924314X
ISBN-13: 9780199243143
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 05/17/2001
Pages: 302
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.54h x 6.08w x 0.75d